The Dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies, University of Port Harcourt and former commissioner for environment in Rivers State has called on the federal government to consider the issue of compensation for the Ogoni people in the implementation of the United Nations Environment report on Ogoniland.
She made the call during a visit of the HYPREP team leader Mrs Joy Nunieh-Okunu with the Ogoni Council of Traditional rulers in KoroKoro, Tai Local Government of Rivers State on Saturday.
Speaking earlier, Mrs Nunieh-Okunu said that the federal agency (HYPREP) intends to set up soil test centers across Ogoniland while a center of excellence will be established with a view to impart useful skills on the people.
She said that John Hopkins University in the United States has been contracted to assist the agency determine the level of impact of the pollution on the people, and stressed the need for youths in Ogoniland to desist from involvement in crude oil theft activities as the entire exercise will be useless if crude theft activities are allowed to continue in the area.
It will be recalled that the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Chief Emmanuel Nkala had most recently said Ogoni people must be compensated for environmental disaster.
Source: OgoniNews
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